Horseless Carriage Articles

Horsepower of a different kind was introduced to Main Street on May 12th 1956 when a shiny red Horseless Carriage the first of two hit the street 7 months later 2nd Horseless Carriage with bright yellow paint also chugged along the Town Square Hub route, although both motorcars put together meticulously to look like antiques from about 1903 underneath theexterior are modern cars built by Disney Legend Bob Gurr.

Specs Capacity 140 per hour -- Cycle Time 6:50 -- Load Time :30 -- Unload Time :23 -- Trip Time 2:32 -- Dispatch Interval 3:25 -- Trips per hour 17 -- Distance TRaveled 1940 feet -- Spped 4.4 MPH

The carriage was patterned after a 1903 Oldsmobile

The carriage colors are Red and Yellow

Each carriage carries 6 passengers

Carriages were designed by Bob Gurr

Required an "A" ticket in 1956-1957

Required a "B" ticket in 1959

Required an "A" ticket in 1964-1965

From Main Street Vehicles Story Guide 1966:
The horseless carriages are sometimes called the "1903's," but you could pick any year —04,-05 or -06 and be just as accurate. These little cars are of WED "composite" design. On the basis of extensive research, Studio designers created a horseless carriage which was a composite of the design and size of many gas-driven cars of that early period in automobile history. And our Horseless Carriages are a little bit of everything. The two-cylinder engines are actually not auto engines, but have the horsepower, the sound —and even a slight case of the shakes —as did the originals. WED designers selected today's most efficient two-cylinder water pump engine. Some of the external parts, such as lights, are authentic.

From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
"put-puts" of 1903 vintage complete with fringed canvas tops, make trips between Town Square and the Plaza.